Step 1: Disassembly

I won't go into too much detail on removing the stock and trigger assembly since everyone should know how to do that for cleaning.

Remove the stock by, unscrewing the barrel band, and the take down screw on the bottom of the stock.

Slip out the assembly seen below in image one

Push out the two lower pins with your pin punch and your spacer, if your have trouble pushing it out use a light tap from your mallet. Be careful not to lose the top pin (bolt stop) as it has a tenancy to slip out on its own.

Slide out he trigger assembly as seen in image two

Remove the two highlighted pins in image two and leave the rest. When removing the top pin, slide out and set aside the extractor seen in image three paying attention to the orientation.

At this point your should be able to wiggle the bolt release free as seen in image four. If you have trouble follow the instructions in image five.

Wespatten, I just did this DIY last night. One key thing is the slightest curve where you file out the point. The bolt release takes very little to snag. With just a slight curve the bolt will release nice and easy. I suggest looking at a few picture close ups. It took me 3 times with small files before it ran smoothly. Hope this helps,good luck.

Ive filed it down 2 separate times and watched a bunch of vids on it, maybe 3rd times the charm! Thanks for the response !

<p>Its a pretty common mod, but you do have to completely remove the points like in the image http://www.instructables.com/file/FV2192YGGMMIUOW or it will continue to catch.</p>

Thanks for posting this

that little part causes the most problems. glad someone found a fix.

Very cool! I've always hated that lock. The video at the end was a great touch.

I take it this probably voids Ruger's warranty?

Maybe... you could always keep a spare of the stock part if you need to send it back but it's a common enough mod that I doubt they would care.